The Weekly SharkBeat!

This week was amazing at SJHS! Our Basketball teams qualified for playoffs, FCCLA participated in compassion through fashion and competed in State Competition, and we were able to recognize our 1st quarter honor roll students.

The Boys Basketball team are Region Champs for the first time in school history! Congratulations to Coach Bowne and our team for their hard work and dedication. They will have home court advantage to start playoffs, as we host Stratford at 7:00 PM on Wednesday. The girls basketball team will travel to Summerville on Tuesday for the 1st round of the playoffs. We hope you will plan to attend a playoff game, get loud, and cheer on our Sharks.

Our students had a great time at the FCCLA State Leadership Conference this past week. We have eight students advancing to Nationals this summer. Our students won 9 golds and 4 silvers. We also had 3 student entries into the Compassion through Fashion fundraiser for New Direction last weekend, with one piece winning Most Original! We are extremely proud of Mrs. Brown, Ms. Pipken, and all of our FCCLA students!

Happy Valentine's Day! Please remember, no deliveries of any kind are permitted. Thank you for your help. We hope you have a special day on February 14th.

Thank you for taking the time to review the Weekly Sharkbeat Newsletter. Please check the school website and Facebook page for additional updates and information. Thank you for choosing to be a part of the Shark family. Have a great evening, keep swimming forward, and as always, Go SHARKS!

Ryan Poston
Principal

SJHS

Congratulations to SJHS Chorale and Musical Theater student AJ Melendez, who passed two rounds of auditions, was accepted, and then performed at Carnegie Hall on Saturday, February 11th as part of the Honors Performance Series Mass Choir, Directed by renowned conductor, Dr. Jeffrey Ames from Belmont University. He represented St. James High School and Horry County Schools with great honor!

Thank you to our CTE department for a successful CTE Showcase. Our students were visited in their classrooms by community business leaders and District Office personnel. Students received raving reviews from community leaders and were impressed by what they saw in the classroom.

Mister Softee was here on Friday and treated our 1st quarter A honor roll students to a cone of ice cream. We had 439 students receive all A's for 1st quarter. We will honor 2nd quarter students soon.

Congratulations to all of our students who work hard in the classroom.

Valentine's Day is just around the corner. We want to remind parents that we do not accept deliveries of any kind at the school. Please make other arrangements for deliveries.

There will be no school on Monday and Tuesday, February 19 & 20, in observance of Presidents Day. February 20th is a teacher work day. Enjoy your long weekend.

Students graduating are guaranteed 6 tickets. Extra tickets may be requested starting April 8th.

Additional tickets are not guaranteed but simply a request. We try to accommodate everyone the best as possible. We will not know how many extra tickets we will have until senior grades are finalized. Students will get tickets the day of graduation practice at the HTC center. We try to accommodate their needs but we need to be fair to everyone. Simply call the school, 843-650-5600, and speak to the receptionist to request extra tickets. Tickets should be requested under the students' name.

For questions or information concerning seniors:

Yearbooks and Senior Ads- Jerry Moore

Graduation Supplies- Caps, Gowns, Class Rings- Ms. Best

Graduation Ceremony, Practice, Honors Cords, General Graduation Questions - Mr. Wortley/Mrs. McCune

2/19/24- Schools closed- Presidents Day

2/20/2024- Schools closed- teacher work day

2/24/2024- Fins N Flip Flops (SJH Athletic Booster)

2/25/2024- Miss St. James Pageant

2/27/2024- ACT testing at SJH

2/28/2024- Advisory

2/29/2024- PACE meeting

Students who received FA's on your report card, admin has added additional days for makeup time. If you have questions, be sure to see Mrs. Zirkelbach.

Attendance Recovery Add-On Dates—Room E204

*One Hour= One Class Period.

• February 14th (3:30-5:30 pm)
  
• February 15th(3:30-5:30 pm) February 21st (3:30-5:30 pm)
• February 22nd (3:30-5:30 pm) February 28th(3:30-5:30 pm)
• February 29th (3:30-5:30 pm)

The spring Career Fair is April 9th for juniors and seniors.

Our first monthly college fair is scheduled for February 26th during lunches.

We offer college and job fairs during lunches each month. Make sure to check them out! Please reach out to SJHS Job Coach, Becky Freeman if you have questions.

College Dates:

February 26, March 25, April 22, May 6, and May 20

Job Fair Dates:

February 22, March 21, May 2, May 9, May 16

Seniors and parents:

Mrs. Tubbs has sent out an updated scholarship list to students. The link is included below also.

Scholarship Link

Juniors:

If you are interested in the telecommunications field after graduation please stop by guidance to learn about an exciting opportunity.

Underclassmen and parents:

We are still scheduling underclassmen IGP conferences. If you have not scheduled your meeting you are not too late. In these meetings we will discuss plans after high school and course selections for next school year. We would love for you to come in and meet with us. Please contact your child’s counselor to get this scheduled.

Hot of the Press for Horry County Schools & Horry Georgetown Technical College! They have paired together to create an opportunity for students to excel, the Technical Scholars program has added a new pathway in Cybersecurity. This is a 2-year program, starting in Junior year and continuing into Senior year with an option to finish the program in the summer after graduation.

Requirements:

• Student has already earned their computer science graduation requirement.
• Student has currently earned or will be enrolled fall 2024 in Algebra 2 Honors and English 3 Honors.
• HGTC is using multiple measures for admission.

Please let Mrs. Tubbs in guidance know if you are interested. etubbs@horrycountyschools.net

Testing look ahead:

ACT Feb. 27

ASVAB March 6

SAT March 12

WIN March 25

As part of our continued efforts to ensure a safe school environment for students and staff, HCS has contracted with a new K9 handler to perform random searches. As part of the district contract, the K9 will make random visits to SJHS. Thank you for your support as strive to keep our students and faculty safe. Please reach out if you have questions or concerns.

If you plan to pick your student up early or your student will drive off campus early, please send a note with your student to be turned in before school starts at the Welcome Desk. We will verify the note and give your student a pass to meet you or leave at the appropriate time. Sending a note cuts down on class interruptions. Unfortunately, we cannot accept phone calls or emails to dismiss students. We appreciate your help.

Parents should always use the front entrance to pick students up for early dismissal. Additionally, we ask that you follow the traffic pattern set forth by SJH. Please do not move cones, go around cones or make unsafe decisions to shorten your time on campus. Please help us keep our students safe by following our traffic patterns.

Fellowship of Christian Athletes (Powell) Fridays @ 7:45 am in the Auditorium

DECA (Oliver) After school on the 2nd &4th Thursday in Room E-235

Soul Stepperz (Oliver) After school on Tuesday & Wednesday 3:30-5:00 in the Shark

Tri-M Music Honor Society (Bedwell) After school on the 1st Wednesday from 3:20-4:00

Chick-Fil-A Leadership Club (Cutnaw) Meet 1 Wednesday per month from 3:30-4:30 in the Media Center

Science National Honor Society (Ferry) Meet the 1st Thursday of every month from 3:30pm-4:30pm in F-238

Marine Science Club (Glover) Meet the last Thursday of the month from 3:30-4:30 in D107

Math Club (Hitt) Meet the 1st & 3rd Wednesday from 3:15-4:00 in D105

Rubik’s Cube Club- (Hitt) Meet the 2nd Wednesday of the the month from 3:15-4:00 in D105

Hosa (Madi Hess) Meet 2 Wednesdays per month after school in C126

Robotics (Neff) Meets Wednesdays after school from 3:30 to 5:oo in C167

FFA (Hall) Meet the 2nd Tuesday of each month from 3:30-5:00 in C163

Archery (Currie/Williams) Meet Tuesday and Thursday from 3:30-5:30 in A177 & Cafeteria

Academic Bowl Team (Hitt) Wednesdays D-105, from 3:30-4:15pm

French Club (Roberson) meets 3rd Wednesday of the month in M106 at 3:30​

For attendance information please go to the school web page below:

https://www.horrycountyschools.net/St_James_High_School

From the SJHS web site go to “Our School” then Click on Attendance.

For further information please contact DeAnna Zirkelbach at 843-650-2448 or email her at DZirkelbach@horrycountyschools.net

All students in Horry County Schools will receive free breakfast and lunch during the 2023-2024 school year as part of the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) program.

Please click the Sharks Logo to access our Sharks Athletics Page.

Email: wsmith004@horrycountyschools.net
Website: https://www.horrycountyschools.net/St_James_High_School
Location: 10800 South Carolina 707, Murrells Inlet, SC, USA
Phone: (843) 650-5600